*NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR FRIDAY 7TH JANUARY 2022* *PUNCH* Tanzania parliament speaker quits in feud with president Bloodbath in Zamfara villages as bandits kill 200, scores missing 25-year-old pays friend N110,000, dismembers father, dumps body parts in Niger dam Police asked vigilantes leader to lead them against killer herdsmen Enugu resident Gunmen invade Katsina community, kill two, abduct three residents Rivers of deaths: Niger govt, residents lament boat accidents as flooded dams wreak havoc Resident sues FCT minister, others for alleged illegal demolition, demands N200m Super Tucano deployment: NAF plans bandits bombardment, allays fears over civilian casualties, US warns FG 19 die in Kano road crash, 26 others injured 1,910 bandits, terrorists, others killed in seven months DHQ NYSC working on obtaining radio licence, says NBC Wear military uniforms for campaigns, risk prosecution DHQ Soldiers withdrawal: Akeredolu deploys police, NSCDC, Amotekun in Ondo prisons Sexual harassment, extortion, intellectual fraud in varsities unacceptable AFCON 2021: Stern test awaits Eagles APC entrenched interests plotting to de-market me, Fayemi alleges Responses to my presidential bid overwhelmingly encouraging Anyim Let Jonathan be, APC has better presidential candidates Buhari ex-SSA 2023: Dokpesi urges North-East to support Atikus presidential bid Nigerias three big firms gained N1.15tn in 2021 NGX Enforce ban on foreign drinks, LCCI tells FG Govt targets 308% increase in mining revenue, 144,000 jobs Air traffic engineers threaten strike over controllers pay Serie A: Juventus draw Napoli in Osimhen's absence Sevilla advance in Copa del Rey, Villarreal crash out Serie A: Ibrahimovic misses penalty as AC Milan beat Roma 3-1 AFCON: Arsenal star Aubameyang tests positive for COVID-19 How employers can fix Nigerias education crisis Magodo fiasco: Sanwo-Olu and genuine leadership Passengers drug Okada rider, steal motorcycle in Ogun Lagos community decries cemetery invasion by suspected ritualists, robbers Lagos cab driver returns passengers missing laptop, valuables FCT agency shuts four hotels over illegal operation 24-year-old man kills neighbour during siblings fight Missing UNIJOS female students body uncovered in hotel, parts missing Family cries out as corpse goes missing in Ebonyi mortuary Bayelsa barber stabs motorcyclist to death with screwdriver Buharis New Year resolutions Nigeria: Square pegs in round holes Science-oriented Nigerians should show some respect IPOBs cow ban, declaration of war, says ACF, Ohanaeze seeks peace Cooking gas price drops, supply rises, govt projects further decrease PDPll take over if APC leaders fail on convention Buhari 25 died of COVID-19 in five days, says NCDC FGll merge agencies, wont sack workers, says finance minister Magodo crisis: Comparison of Sanwo-Olu, Wike laughable, says aide *VANGUARD* Badairi urges supporters to remain calm over court's verdict reaffirming Gadama as Chairman ANLCA collects welfare due, not POF Legal practitioner gears up for NASS contest Ekiti guber: UP threatens INEC with legal action for rejecting notice of primary We're yet to begin sale of 2022 UTME/DE application forms ' JAMB Novena varsity commences law degree programme Och'Idoma Stool: Senator Moro urges contending parties to sheathe swords Why Buhari don't want to pardon Nnamdi Kanu ' Ogbonna Ekiti Guber: UP threatens INEC with legal action for rejecting notice of primary Ijaw lauds Karebo's appointment as Fire Service Controller-General Age is telling on me, Buhari confesses SUV kills fruit seller, son in Akwa Ibom 2023: Nigeria's mood favours rotation of Presidency to South ' Anyim Gunmen attack Imo police station with explosives If APC doesn't settle its disagreement, PDP will take over ' President Buhari warns I won't anoint any candidate ' Buhari Cross River SUBEB targets 32 new projects Buhari: Nnamdi Kanu's case beyond ordinary political issue ' Ogbonna Igbo leaders react to Buhari's 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Boosts Edo Tax Revenue, to Complete State-wide Tax Payers Enumeration Exercise SIFAX Group Expands Ijora Terminal, Contracts CCECC for Pavement Construction IICC Institutes Award for Insurance Journalists Inbound Passengers to Lagos Face Challenges over Hiccups in Payment for PCR Test MSC Overtakes Maersk to Become Worlds Largest Container Shipping Line African Alliance Insurance Pays N7.5bn Claims Growing Anxiety in Aviation over 5G Wireless Technology Aviation Industry Recounts Achievements in 2021 Despite Fears People, Events That Shaped Maritime Industry in 2021 NAMA Approves New Allowances for Air Traffic Controllers Qatar Airways Cargo Wins IATA Award Turkey Wants More Nigerians to Visit Bodrum in 2022 Riveton Homes & Properties Launches Laguna Beach Apartments ITU Forum Charts Course for Equitable, Inclusive Digital Future Adekunle: Naira Will Gain Traction in Intl Market as Nigerias Exports Increases Top 10 Real Estate Players Set To Disrupt The Sector In 2022 Why APC May Not Hold National Convention That Twisted Maternal Mortality Ratio from Kwara BOLAJI AKINYEMI AT 80: A TRIBUTE To the Brand New Octogenarian Deputy Governor Akandes Disservice to Tinubu Three Rules of Boxing Ighalo Eager to Play for Eagles at AFCON in Cameroon, Says... 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Dakkada FC Management, Technical Crew Suspended over Assault on Referee Girouds Helps Milan Narrows Gap on Leaders Inter to Just One Point DJOKOVIC OFF TO COURT BUT NOT A TENNIS COURT LMC Expels Dakkadas Etefia from NPFL for Assault on Referee Osimhen, Onuachu, Ndidi Get Multiple Nominations in Pitch Award Abayomi, Rukayat Emerge Winners in 4th Edition Of Opobo Marathon *THE SUN* I dont expect appreciation from Nigerians after office Buhari Crisis rocks AA, chairman suspended 2023: Interests within APC plotting to defame, demarket me Fayemi Youre discrediting Buhari by attacking INEC, APGA tells Andy Uba 2023: Nothing wrong with parties zoning presidential ticket to SEast Uwazuruike, ex-president, Aka Ikenga Stop using military uniforms for your campaign posters, DHQ warns govs, others President rationalising his failure -PDP Convention: APC stakeholders seek sack of Lukman, PGF DG, threaten protest 2023: South East PDP, leaders back Anyim for president Sanwo-Olu harps on unity, receives APC reconciliation committee Deregulation palliative: Osinbajo to lead FGs negotiation team with Labour Globacom backs 2021 Great GSM Village annual festival in Benin Customs generates N2.240trnrevenue in 2021 4 killed in road accidentas mob razes Customs vehicles in Sokoto Multiple taxation killing food production Farmers BUA Foods rally boosts market capitalisation by N71bn $1.5bn Lekki Deep Seaport construction reaches 80% completion Promoters 5 indigenous oil firms jostle for Shells $5bn onshore assets First Bank gets new executive directors Gunmen bomb Imo police station, free detainees Only Malians can solve their problems Buhari We'll continue to attend to needs of fallen heroes, heroines Makinde Recruitment: Police release list of successful candidates Sale of 2022 UTME forms yet to begin JAMB Police confirm killing of UNIJOS student by suspected ritualists Gunmen kill 3, injure many, abduct ex-SSGs family, 3 others in Taraba, Katsina Wike donates N30m to families of slain police officers Nigerian dies after swallowing drugs in South Africa LASG gives conditions for reopening Dowen College A moribund oil arrangement Improvement: Options for Nigerian youth Margery Okadigbo: Keeping the legacy alive NSITF: Something good out of Nazareth *GUARDIAN* Ebute Metta: Residents lament loss of toddler, properties to fire Missing female student of UNIJOS found dead with eyes plucked out Wike donates N30m to families of slain police officers in Rivers Some political interests plotting to defame me, says Fayemi Amotekun applauds FG's declaration of bandits as terrorists Obasanjo visits Makinde over Olubadan, Soun's passing Again, INC kicks over failure to inaugurate NDDC board US arrests man for spying on opponents of Egypt's Sisi What really tripped up Djokovic at Australia's border PSG visit Lyon as Covid-hit Ligue 1 returns Bundesliga rivals look to trim gap behind Covid-hit Bayern Foreign coach is big distraction to Eguaveon, Omokaro tells NFF 37 teams to compete in Kontagora Invitational Park Volleyball Challenge Abayomi, Rukayat win 4th Opobo marathon as King Jaja assures support Kraemer assures Nigerian women footballers of technical support SMEs, others pay 145% interest rate higher than prime borrowers Gains in BUA Foods, 23 stocks lift NGX index further by 0.3% Fix health sector with taxes from carbonated drinks, coalition tasks government Travel protocols, vaccination key to aviation rebound Nigeria Commodity Exchange gets new board, management 7,000 SME owners, artisans captured for COVID-19 intervention fund Sirika's six years struggle to glide through turbulent local aviation TotalEnergies appoints Frederick Asasa as CFO FG awaits Dangote Refinery for downstream reforms FCMB, Ogun State partner on affordable mortgage loans Tedbree launches new hub in Nigeria Clear and present danger of environmental chemicals - Part 3 Desmond Mpilo Tutu (1931'2021) Politics as Nigeria's albatross Bolaji Akinyemi at 80: A tribute The men who talk to the gods Old message Nigerians are not living Time to remove insincerity from resource control 10 years after 'Occupy Nigeria', Buhari battles fuel subsidy I have given my best to Nigeria, says Buhari Eagles will cage Egypt's Salah ' Okocha Gunmen abduct six ex-SSG's children, escort, driver in Taraba Mane, Salah and more -- Six stars to watch at the Cup of Nations 19 die, 26 injured in Kano auto crash SERAP knocks Buhari's statement on non-interference with judiciary Insecurity spikes fares, hobbles rail, road travels Buhari promises Mali help, insists Malians must do more to restore democracy Barcelona eye return to La Liga's top four as optimism grows under Xavi *LEADERSHIP* Defence HQ Warns Politicians Against Use Of Military Uniforms For Campaigns Dantata Advocates Return To Parliamentary System Of Govt Joining APC Offers No Immunity From Corruption Trial ' Buhari Convention: APC Governors Meet On Sunday Why We Want Osinbajo For President ' Group Oromoni: Protesters Oppose Reopening Of Dowen College Gunmen Bomb Imo Police Division, Release Detainees Bashir Tofa: 1947 ' 2022 The Story Of The Siege On Magodo First Bank Appoints New Executive Directors *NEW TELEGRAPH* NFF's confusion and Eguavoen's massive AFCON task Igbo should trust Buhari, he means well 'Senator Kalu Anyim: I'm running for 2023 presidency to save Nigeria from further collapse DHQ: Troops killed 1, 910 criminal elements in 8 months Magodo: S'West govs' statement laced with ulterior motives 'Malami COVID-19 kills 27 in five days, says NCDC ORGANISED PRIVATE SECTOR WARNS: Govt's pre-poll activities may suppress economic growth Inactivity: Telcos disconnect 98.5m mobile lines We secured 2,220 convictions in 2021 'EFCC Nearly 2m asthma in children linked to traffic pollution 2023 presidency: Fayemi alleges blackmail plot CBN adjusts exchange rate to N413.96/$1 Agro-allied investors' top priorities Time to expand streams of income Customs upbeat over excise duty on sweetened beverages CcHUB's Syndicate boosts 45% female startups in Nigeria OPS To CBN: Engage stakeholders to review forex restriction on import Hero empowers apprentices with N50m World Bank seeks improved debt transparency Report: Cryptocurrency crime surged to record high in 2021 World food prices hit 10-year high in 2021 Twists and turns over APC national convention South East united for 2023 presidency 'Ogah NATFORCE 'll complement security forces 'Adegbenro Anyim: I'm running for 2023 presidency to save Nigeria from further collapse AFCON 2021: Finidi: Salah can't stop Eagles from beating Pharaohs Edjomariegwe tips Eagles to win AFCON Eagles can't replace Ighalo as Ebuehi, Jamilu Collins join squad Eagles'll make Nigeria proud, says Musa AFCON 2021 UPDATE' 2 DAYS TO GO:FIFA fails to ban Zimbabwe after replacement of federation president We'll shock Nigeria, Egypt Guinea-Bissau defender Anger at Cameroon star's North Africa comments Guardiola tests positive for Covid in major Man City outbreak AFCON: Aubameyang tests positive for Covid-19 AFCON: Squad numbers revealed as Super Eagles arrive Cameroon *BLUE PRINT* Nasarawa: We are committed to sustaining peace efforts in 2022 ' Sule APC national convention: North-east group backs Al-Makura Our confidence in new Gaya emir unshakable ' Bello Gaya In Cross River, Ayade, PDP bicker over N100bn embezzlement allegation FCTA tasks monarchs on 2022 area council polls We'll make as much sacrifice as we can for Mali within ECOWAS requirements ' Buhari NYSC DG's promotion to Maj. ' Gen excites staff Leo Stan seeks site for Imo Finishing School, pledges to empower 1,500 Obasanjo visits, condoles with Olubadan family Nigeria's institutions of morality, value system've crashed ' Dantata FCMB partners Ogun on affordable loans for home ownership IFC mulls $3m investment in Nigerian tech startups NOTAP trains dairy farmers on modern milk production methods Despite strong economic indicators, Nigerians still perplexed ' Rewane Nigeria's forex inflow surges amidst FG fresh loans Tower sale triggers surge in Airtel Africa's market capitalisation Equity market sustains growth profile, gains N71bn Q3 2021 debt data: External debt service still relatively modest ' FBNQuest Imo: Again, hoodlums bomb another Police station LMC slam fine, banish Dakkada to Benin AFRD: Zulum pledges support to widows of fallen heroes Police arrest man, accomplice for faking self kidnap in Gombe Declare Miyetti Allah, FUNAM terrorist groups too, Ortom tells FG Olubadan: Balogun most senior, next in line to Olubadan throne, Ladoja declares Kaduna traffic officers suspend enforcement, to render social services VIDEO: Watch as Samuel Chukwueze's mom showers prayer on son ahead of AFCON 2021 tourney Military kills 1,910 terrorists, bandits, others in 8 months Insecurity: ZLP hails Hope Uzodinma over refusal to name sponsors Miraculous! 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